Inspired by a remarkable trip to Florida in 1998 that produced ten days of daily surprises—including a Great Blue Heron grappling a plump muskrat—wildlife photographer Middleton Evans eventually made 37 trips over a five-year period in search of North American water birds. This beautiful coffee table book is the result of that search through the wild, illustrated with 320 color photographs, up to 19 x 13 inches. Here are long-necked, red-eyed Western Grebes "rushing" in their courtship dance; newly hatched Black Skimmer chicks, looking like three speckled fluff balls on the sand; and an unusually friendly King Eider.